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GTA 3 and Vice City are now playable inside San Andreas — a mod lets you revisit Liberty City and Vice City without leaving San Andreas

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Tom's Hardware · 07/18/2026 13:48 EDT

A GTA modder has embedded GTA 3 and Vice City within San Andreas, even nesting Vice City within GTA 3, with all three games continuing to run simultaneously. Read more ›

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Alleged Ryzen 9 9900X result puts AMD on top as single-threaded CPU champ in Geekbench

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2024 10:20 EDT

A purported AMD Ryzen 9 9900X Geekbench 6 CPU test run has been surfaced by Benchleaks. The single-threaded score of 3,401 points is remarkable, and if genuine it would go straight to the top of the Geekbench 6 processor benchmark charts. Read more ›

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G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6400 C32 2x48GB Review: Soulmate For Dual-DIMM Motherboards

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2024 09:00 EDT

G.Skill launched a DDR5-6400 C32 96GB memory kit for prosumers, but can it hang with the higher-clocked competition? Read more ›

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Microsoft’s official guide to switching from a Microsoft Account to a local account in Windows has been reinstated

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2024 08:16 EDT

Microsoft’s official guide to switching from a Microsoft Account to a local account in Windows has been reinstated. These particular instructions were scrubbed from the article back in June. Read more ›

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AMD may unveil next-gen Radeon RX 8000-series GPUs at CES 2025 according to leaker

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2024 08:07 EDT

Leaker says the first RDNA 4-based GPUs set to be announced at CES 2025. Read more ›

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Tiny $10 Raspberry Pi 5 PCie board brings low-cost, high-speed storage – the end of micro SD is nigh

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2024 08:01 EDT

Pineboard's latest PCie based product shrinks what you need for M.2 storage and AI add-on boards into $10 package. Read more ›

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Key chipmaking tools are missing from China’s new self-made list of semiconductor industry challenges — lithography machines are curiously absent

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2024 07:48 EDT

The China Associate for Science and Technology listed the country's semiconductor challenges, and lithography tools are notably absent from the list. Read more ›

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Chinese GPU maker Moore Threads' MTLink fabric tech challenges Nvidia's NVLink, can now scale to 10,000 GPUs for AI clusters

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Tom's Hardware · 07/08/2024 07:44 EDT

Moore Threads is making significant progress in the data center space and can now scale GPU clusters to 10,000 accelerators. Read more ›

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Google claims new AI training tech is 13 times faster and 10 times more power efficient — DeepMind's new JEST optimizes training data for massive gains

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2024 15:40 EDT

DeepMind researchers have published their findings on the JEST technique, allowing large language models to be trained at significantly improved speed and efficiency. It remains to be seen whether companies will adopt it to keep power draw low, or crank things to the max. Read more ›

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Ubisoft will implement NFTs into Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2024 15:18 EDT

Ubisoft is still intent on 'Web3' via an NFT-backed digital card game. Read more ›

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After 41 years Microsoft quietly adds spellchecking and autocorrect to Windows Notepad

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2024 14:33 EDT

Microsoft tested an updated Notepad app with integrated spellchecking back in March this year. Now this enhanced version of the Notepad plain text editor has quietly rolled out to mainstream Windows 11 users. Read more ›

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2D quantum cooling system reaches temperatures colder than outer space by converting heat into electrical voltage

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2024 14:18 EDT

A research team at EFPL LANES built used an indium selenide sheet with graphene electrodes to convert heat into electricity and hit temperatures as low as 100mK. Read more ›

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China's AI model glut is a 'significant waste of resources' due to scarce real-world applications says Baidu CEO

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2024 13:11 EDT

Industry experts expect China's over 100 publicly-available LLMs to be pared down to just five in the next few years. Read more ›

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This 34-inch curved Asus TUF Gaming monitor is only $249 at Amazon

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2024 12:35 EDT

The Asus TUF Gaming VG34VQEL1A 34-inch curved gaming monitor is currently available for one of its lowest prices to date. Read more ›

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E-Ink touchscreen and IPS panel collide in dual-screen laptop — $199 Bluegen OKPad all-in-one launches on Kickstarter

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2024 12:27 EDT

A dual-screen E-Ink tablet has launched on Kickstarter. Read more ›

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Your mesh Wi-Fi can now double as a home security system — Gamgee uses home Wi-Fi networks for intruder detection

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2024 12:04 EDT

A Dutch startup has launched a crowdfunding campaign for a home security system that piggybacks on your Wi-Fi to detect intruders. Using a home mapping app and artificial intelligence, Gamgee’s Wi-Fi Home Alarm is claimed to offer precision protection by ‘body printing’ your household’s trusted people and pets. Read more ›

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AI models that cost $1 billion to train are underway, $100 billion models coming — largest current models take 'only' $100 million to train: Anthropic CEO

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2024 11:29 EDT

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says that AI model training costs could jump to $100 billion as early as next year. Read more ›

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Philips Evnia 49M2C8900 240 Hz QD-OLED gaming monitor review: Tremendous color and performance

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2024 10:00 EDT

Philips expands its Evnia line of gaming monitors with the 49M2C8900. It’s a 49-inch 32:9 curved OLED with DQHD resolution, 240 Hz, Adaptive-Sync, HDR400. It also covers 114% of DCI-P3 color and delivers superlative game performance. Read more ›

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Asus tests BIOS update enabling Microsoft Dynamic Lighting control — makes it easier to avoid Armory Crate software

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2024 09:46 EDT

Asus is testing a BIOS update for its latest motherboards, including those with the AMD Z970 chipset, that will allow you to control your motherboard's RGB lighting in sync with other compatible devices. Read more ›

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Ryzen mini PC gets wedged into a folding keyboard form factor — battery included, all you need is a display

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2024 09:14 EDT

Chinese PC maker Linglong has just introduced a tiny PC that fits into a foldable keyboard. The company shared its live presentation, where the presenter pulled out the actual device from his back pocket. Read more ›

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Zotac suffers massive customer data spill — server misconfiguration let anyone search customer RMA documents via Google

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Tom's Hardware · 07/07/2024 09:01 EDT

Because of an apparent server misconfiguration, a massive data leak of customer information was readily available through a simple Google search. Read more ›

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